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PSYCHIATRY AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES - IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (p 2090)
A viewpoint article in this week's issue of THE LANCET comments that technological and pharmacological advances in psychiatry are widening the gap in mental-health services between developed and less-developed countries. Norman Sartorius from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and Robin Emsley from Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South... view more... (2000-12-13)
Expedition discovers new sea current off African coast
Researchers on board the Pelagia, the research vessel belonging to the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), have discovered an interesting rotational current in the sea off the coast of South Africa. Unlike previously identified 'Agulhas rings', this one, a cyclone, rotates clockwise. The water in the centre is also about 50 centimetres... view more... (2001-07-26)
Techniquest sells science exhibition to South African Government
Techniquest's venture to take science to the Springboks has been declared a success by the Cardiff Science Centre, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Science Council. Commquest, an educational initiative set up be the three partners, has recently completed its tour of South Africa, and the exhibition has now been bought by the... view more... (2000-07-19)
Clean water, clean wounds
Drinking water could be a simple, cheap and effective way to clean wounds according to a recent study by the University of Western Sydney and Sydney South West Area Health Service. view more (2006-07-26)
A Warm South Pole? Yes, on Neptune!
An international team of astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope has discovered that the south pole of Neptune is much hotter than the rest of the planet. This is consistent with the fact that it is late southern summer and this region has been in sunlight for about 40 years. view more (2007-09-19)
South African policy on adolescents' rights to access condoms is causing confusion
In 2007, South Africa's new Children's Act came into effect, granting children 12 years and older a host of rights relating to reproductive health, including the right to access condoms. view more (2009-01-21)
Malaysian Government Asks Warwick Manufacturing Group to Create Centre Giving Malaysia Leadership Role in South East Asian Manufacturing
On September 2nd the University of Warwick`s Manufacturing Group (WMG), and the Government of Malaysia, will sign a significant agreement to create a brand new Advanced Manufacturing Institute in Kuala Lumpur which will shape the future of manufacturing industry across all of South East Asia. The new multi million dollar Institute will have the... view more... (2002-08-22)
Snowball Antarctica - early Drake passage opening led to global change
New results shed light on how Antarctica became the icy, barren continent that we know today. view more (2005-08-31)
Tecan signs agreement with South African Police Service to provide a fully automated DNA typing system for national forensic databank
Zurich, Switzerland, 7 April 2004 - Tecan, a leading player in the health care supply industry, today announced that it has signed an agreement with the South African Police Service to supply, install and provide customer support for its fully automated forensic DNA typing system. Tecan's experience in automating genomics applications will play a... view more... (2004-04-08)
Ethnicity plays a role in neonatal deaths
Researchers have uncovered ethnic differences in the risk of neonatal mortality and morbidity (disease) in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Of grave concern is the noted elevation in mortality rate in the NICU among infants of South Asian (East Indian) origin, which is over three times that of Caucasian infants. view more (2007-07-24)
We Know Who'll Win The World Cup, Say UU Scientists
A South American team will win the World Cup. That's the bold prediction from sports scientists and statisticians at the University of Ulster on the eve of the kick-off at the world's most important soccer tournament. The heart says Argentina, the head says Brazil, according to the scientists - who have carried out a painstaking statistical... view more... (2002-05-28)
First nationwide child health and air pollution study commences
This is the first nation-wide study of child health in relation to air quality to be conducted in Australia. view more (2007-04-19)
Western images lead to changes in body shape in South Africa
Black South African women are becoming thinner because of the influence of the West, including media-portrayed images of waif-like women in films and TV shows according to new research. The findings come from a study between Northumbria University in the United Kingdom and the University of Zululand in rural South Africa. The... view more... (2004-04-14)
Top conservation award for University of Kent academic
University of Kent academic, Dr Richard Bodmer, has been given the Presidential Award for 2003 by the Chicago Zoological Society. Dr Bodmer is Reader in Conservation Ecology in the University's Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) based in the Department of Anthropology. The Award has been made in recognition of his 'personal work... view more... (2003-11-12)
Giant frog jumps continents
A giant frog fossil from Madagascar dubbed Beelzebufo or 'the frog from Hell' has been identified by scientists from UCL (University College London) and Stony Brook University, New York. view more (2008-02-19)
XDR TB in South Africa traced to lack of drug susceptibility testing
In South Africa, the 2001 implementation of the World Health Organization's anti-tuberculosis program may have inadvertently helped to create a new strain of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB). view more (2007-10-23)
The spread of our species
In a major new development in human evolutionary studies, researchers from the University of Cambridge argue that the dispersal of modern humans from Africa to South Asia may have occurred as recently as 70,000 years ago. view more (2005-11-07)
Triggers for conservation in Australian biodiversity hotspot
In a treasure hunt through Western Australia's south-west more than 20 new species of trigger plants have been discovered - small plants that catapult pollen onto visiting insects. view more (2004-09-10)
Los Angeles fast-food restaurant ban unlikely to cut obesity, study finds
Restrictions on fast-food chain restaurants in South Los Angeles are not addressing the main differences between neighborhood food environments and are unlikely to improve the diet of residents or reduce obesity, according to a new RAND Corporation study. view more (2009-10-06)
New theory -- universal intelligence on animals and plants
Here it is proposed that life in all its variety is full of sensation and creates a complicated web of interaction with its surroundings. Mammals, birds and even fish mourn for a lost love. Single-celled organisms carry out tasks that are surprisingly complicated. We can demonstrate sensitivity in microscopic organisms, while plants emerge as... view more... (1999-03-25)
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